WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Actions annual summit, many were torn , wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the Republican Party s best hope for 2024.

One year later, there is no more doubt. Attendees at this years meeting booed at even the suggestion of a contested GOP primary. Trump, they overwhelmingly said, is their pick.

Trump, for sure. I dont think anyone else really has a chance, said Sky Sanchez, 21, a student from Durham, North Carolina, who was volunteering at the conference with the Tea Party Patriots.

Soren Nielsen, 18, who lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan, said he had been seriously considering DeSantis earlier this year, worried that Trump had lost momentum, particularly after a weaker-than-expected Republican showing in last years midterm elections.

But those views changed as he watched Trump reenergize his campaign and saw DeSantis falter.

I started to realize his campaign did not launch as successfully as I thought it would, Nielsen said. And he doesnt have the stamina, like Trump does, to win a general election.